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Sunday, February 24, 2013

*Promo* Black Moon by Jessica McQuay

*A Note from Accepted Wisdom* Hi Guys, I am truly sorry that this post is late. I've been having trouble with blogger all day. It told me this was posted and when I went to check it when I got home from work it wasn't posted. :( I hope the problem will be solved soon.

Paige
couldn't help but question her sanity. What other explanation could
there be for her hearing a conversation held barely above a whisper in
the back of a classroom full of students? What about coming home to find
one of those very classmates lying in wait in the darkness of her home,
ready to attack her?

Confused, frustrated and feeling every
ounce of her social ostracism, Paige confides in the one person she's
always been able to count on: her mom. But when her mom reveals a deeply
rooted, unbelievable family secret, Paige discovers her world is filled
with more than she ever imagined possible. A world where fairytales
live alongside nightmares and secrets are the glue that binds them
together. Suddenly no one is who they seem and Paige is faced with more
questions than answers.

Can she survive in a world filled with
creatures scarier than anything she could imagine and where deceit runs
as thick as blood? Or will the truth send her over the edge?

AN EXCERPT

“Matt, Tommy, I am thrilled to know you are finding
the reading so interesting that you’re discussing it amongst
yourselves. Perhaps you’d like to share your findings with the rest
of the class?”
“I seriously doubt Matt wants the class to know that he’s been
cheating on his girlfriend Samantha by hooking up with Rachel.”
Oh no. Oh no no no no no! How had I known THAT?
And why, oh why, did it come from my mouth, out loud, to
the entire class?
I know how I knew. Matt’s voice was the one I’d heard earlier.
How is that even possible?

I didn’t have time to contemplate; I had a classroom full of
people wondering the exact same thing judging by the looks on
some of their faces.
“How did you know that, Tailor?”
I swung around and found myself face to face with Matt. I
didn’t know if the surprise had time to register on my face before
he was leaning down into it, his voice a controlled whisper.
“If I find out that you’ve been spying on me, you little nobody,
you will wish you never let my name touch your lips.”
Th e hairs on my neck and arms came to life, and chills
pricked along my skin. I couldn’t look away from his eyes. Th ey’d
gone black as night with the exception of the pupils which were
blazing gold. My tongue wouldn’t move my mouth was so dry. I
couldn’t find my voice and I was starting to shiver just as Mr. O
stepped between us.
“Matthew, get back to your seat.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

There were only three things Jessica loved
to do growing up; reading, writing and playing music. She discovered her love
for writing at a young age, when she realized she could create anything she
wanted with words. Jessica lives in Sacramento, CA with her husband, four
children, goldfish named Sparkle and her cat, Talula. When she isn’t working on
the next Paige Tailor novel, taking her children to one activity or another, or
folding the never ending laundry of a six person family, Jessica enjoys playing
her clarinet in the community band or dancing like there is no tomorrow at
Zumba.